I don't know. I can't know if the penguins have either the defense or the goal tending to get this job done.

I do know that when they play, the way they've played for the better part of this ongoing five-game winning streak. It doesn't matter all that much. Good morning to you. Good. Wednesday morning, I'm Dan Kovachovich of D.K. Pittsburgh Sports. This is Daily Shot of Penguins. It comes your way bright and early every weekday. If you're into football and or baseball, I also offer daily shots of Steelers and Pirates in the same place that you found this.

The Penguins are playing the Devils in their next game. That's tomorrow night at PPG Paints Arena.

I say that with a certain intonation because the Devils played last night against the Islanders in Elmont new york and lost nine to nothing after which

jacob markstrom new jersey's goaltender said it's embarrassing we want to apologize to devil's fans

i have to be better. Stop more pucks.

Nico Heshir, the captain, New Jersey said, not good enough at all. We have to rinse it as

fast as possible, and I'm really expecting a big reaction, the next game. I'm in charge of that.

I am expecting myself to have a big response game, the next game, and I'm in charge of that. I am expecting myself to have a big response game the next game,

and I'm expecting my team to have the same. Guess where the devil's next game is, kids? That's right.

Oh, whatever. They have their problems. They have to deal with their problems.

All you have to do with the Penguins is not fear some kind of storm from a team that has the conference's worst goal differential.

Believe it or not, not all of it accumulated in that one game.

But there are minus 19 overall.

They've obviously got some talent. Pittsburgh fans would know that better than most,

given the way the devils have tended to fare against the penguins in recent years.

I mentioned he's here. There's also obviously Jack Hughes, Esper Brott, Dawson Mercer,

who always does well against the penguins in particular, Tim O'Meyer.

They have got players.

They've got real live players.

But I'll say it again.

It doesn't matter.

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